Snagger Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 6 minutes ago, The Masked Tulip said: The twitterati seem to be blaming Trump for playing golf and not solving this. to be fair, he did issue an EO banning water from flowing downhill, but the courts blocked it for discriminating against wet elements. He's now considering an EO which will include all 4 elements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 3 minutes ago, Snagger said: to be fair, he did issue an EO banning water from flowing downhill, but the courts blocked it for discriminating against wet elements. He's now considering an EO which will include all 4 elements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingpoor Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Trump gave an interview shortly after being inaugurated where he said "we have spent 3 trillion dollars in the middle east whilst our infrastructure is crumbling at home" The neo-liberals cannot pin this on Trump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollover Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid In The Punch Bowl Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Too many snowflakes melting in California? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
200p Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 It looks like cracks were seen in the overspill in 2013, but nothing was done about it because it was unused. http://www.krcrtv.com/news/local/butte/emergency-spillway-unecessary-for-now-2013-photo-of-damage-surfaces-supervisor-blames-dwr/325934917 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollover Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Who would ever think that so much water will come and the lake will be 100% full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Trump has been p*ssing in it over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
200p Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Never underestimate the forces of nature. Here's a livestream of US news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 As above. Never underestimate the power of water. Studying glaciation was a real eye opener. Incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 1 minute ago, ccc said: As above. Never underestimate the power of water. Studying glaciation was a real eye opener. Incredible. I watche a video on the weekend of a wingsuit base jumper hitting a glacier. It would seem that glaciers are hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 5 minutes ago, The Masked Tulip said: I watche a video on the weekend of a wingsuit base jumper hitting a glacier. It would seem that glaciers are hard. Was it moving fast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 4 minutes ago, happy_renting said: Was it moving fast? I think it was minding its own business and then SPLAT! 3 of them wingsuits guys all at once. Last August I think. They were making a Red Bull series travelling the world doing more and more dangerous wingsuit jumps. They bought the glacier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 2 hours ago, workingpoor said: Trump gave an interview shortly after being inaugurated where he said "we have spent 3 trillion dollars in the middle east whilst our infrastructure is crumbling at home" The neo-liberals cannot pin this on Trump. 1 hour ago, 200p said: It looks like cracks were seen in the overspill in 2013, but nothing was done about it because it was unused. http://www.krcrtv.com/news/local/butte/emergency-spillway-unecessary-for-now-2013-photo-of-damage-surfaces-supervisor-blames-dwr/325934917 American infrastructure is shockingly bad. Nothing gets spent and the Army Corps of Engineers are famously incompetent. The worst roads I have seen bar none were in Arkansas, the Clinton's home state, even the interstates were so patched and potholed that there was no requirement for a speed limit as anybody driving at 70mph would see their suspension collapse in a few short miles. Whole areas of New Orleans were uninhabitable for years after their flooding; probably still are. It's strange that money doesn't get spent on it as it is such a great economic boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 50 minutes ago, ccc said: As above. Never underestimate the power of water. Studying glaciation was a real eye opener. Incredible. Earth, wind and fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Did anyone have the dam in the celebrity death sweepstake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 The Internetz has made it really great for watching natural disasters unfold from the safety of your armchair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 This has turned out to be disappointing. Was expecting some kind of massive tidal wave sweeping through California and taking out Santa Monica and Malibu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgul Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 22 minutes ago, The Masked Tulip said: This has turned out to be disappointing. Was expecting some kind of massive tidal wave sweeping through California and taking out Santa Monica and Malibu. Come on, it is northern California. It wouldn't be able to get past San Francisco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgul Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 Looking at the pictures it seems like chasm in the main spillway has made it to the pylons -- it didn't seem that long ago that it was some distance from them. The 100,000cfm seems to be wreaking havoc on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Eagle Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 According to Benjamin Fulford this was likely caused by sabotage. (he calls the Bushes and the Clintons the 'Nazi Faction') Quote It is a good bet the ongoing disaster at the Oroville Dam in Northern California was an act of sabotage by the Nazi faction aimed at sending a message to the Trump regime. http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2017/02/benjamin-fulford-february-13-2017-us-and-china-are-both-busy-with-internal-power-struggles-so-the-world-will-have-to-wait-3477166.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The XYY Man Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 9 hours ago, The Masked Tulip said: I watche a video on the weekend of a wingsuit base jumper hitting a glacier. It would seem that glaciers are hard. Of course they are. They are from up North you know... XYY The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage - Danish proverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionTerror Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 1 hour ago, dgul said: Looking at the pictures it seems like chasm in the main spillway has made it to the pylons -- it didn't seem that long ago that it was some distance from them. The 100,000cfm seems to be wreaking havoc on it. http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-live-updates-oroville-dam-crisis-at-oroville-dam-was-new-never-1487024882-htmlstory.html They claim its 100,000 cf per s that's pouring out....and 37,000 cf per s is pouring in. They hope the level will drop 8 feet a day.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cavey Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Looks like the original problem developed on Tuesday when the main spillway chute was damaged during operation. It appears that they closed the spillway gates to inspect the extent of the damage. Spillways chutes operate at very high velocities, so any flaw can result in uplift of the concrete slabs. There looks to be weathered (weak) and erodible rock exactly at that location. I suspect there was erosion at the horizontal construction joint at the top of the hole. The above is a fatal flaw, hence closure of the gates. With the gates closed, the reservoir water level rises and goes over the crest of the auxiliary spillway. This has never operated and is unlined below the weir. It looks like erosion started to occur and was backing up towards the weir, so they (rightly) opened up the main spillway to reduce the water level to stop this erosion. The 100,000 cuft/s sounds a lot, but is only about 1/2 the design capacity. This has severely buggered the main spillway chute, (as you can see from the later photos) but has probably saved the day. I reckon the evacuation order was a bit premature, but hats off to the guys who decided to open the gates and sacrifice the main spillway. Balls of steel. When's the movie coming out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cavey Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 This video now shows that the water level has dropped below the auxiliary spillway weir crest and the downstream damage. Notice all the trucks lined with rocks to backfill and patch the erosion gullies https://t.co/DKbe1mwgZi Hope this link works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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